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CQ W. FRAIM GAME jiu-'ne 24, 1924. u 1,499,055

Filed July 5. 1922 Patented June 24, 1924.

NITED STATES 3 1,499,055 ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES W..`.ERAI1VI, O'F HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA. y Y

GAME.

Application med July 5,

provements in Games, of which the follow-'- ing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in playing cards which bear, ontheir faces, indicia specifying official positions in Vthe United StatesGovernment from President to Representatives. The cards have cornerdesignations which may be accompanied by numerals on some of the cards,and one of the cards carries the designation Buck, or other selectedword of like character.

The accompanying drawings illustrate cards bearing indications showingthe individual cards 4of a pack.

As shown in these drawings, one of the cards will bear the designationPresident,

another Vice-President, one is marked Speaker and vtheother Buck. Thereare a plurality of other cards designated respectively of Cabinet,Senator and Representatives. The cards have upper and lower cornerletters or abbreviations, and where there are groups of a plurality ofGovernment officers, numerals may be added.

A pack of cards may consist of sixtyone cards, or any other suitablenumber, the

card marked Buck making the pack odd as to numbers, and may be discardedin playing certain games, as the joker is in ordinary card games.

As a type of game which may be played with a deck of cards ashereinbefore described, the cards may be separated into four groups offifteen each, namely, one President, one Vice-President, one Speaker,two Cabinet, five Senators (numbered from 1 to 5), and fiveRepresentatives likewise numbered, and each of these groups, in additionto the designations, may be differently colored. A game may be played byany number of persons from two to six. The cards are shuffled, eightbeing dealt to each player. Four cards are then placed on the table,face downward. The player on the left side of the dealer starts thegame, and has the privilege of laying down any of the eight cards, notto exceed four in number, they being discarded face downward, andexchanging for any of lcounts five points in the game.

1922. Serial No. 572,792.

the discarded ones, which are on the table. If the player succeeds ingetting a full set it There is then. drawn from the deck, six morecards, giving a new hand, and if the player ydid not succeed in gettinga full set from the draw of four cards on the table, then it is the nextplayers turn to draw, and in like manner the game passes to the nextplayer.

When the cards have all been matched so.

as to dispose of all the sets that can be made in each game, a call ismade by the dealer to see who holds the Buck card, the holder of suchcard being charged with a loss of two points, either to be deducted fromthe points won, ory charged against the holder. The player that securesforty points wins the game.

Other games may be played, the object being to hold a full set of theofficial designations and avoid holding the Buck card, as it will reducethe players score, and the card game above described I have namedPassing the Buck.

Another game vcan be played -with sixty cards, with from two to fourplayers, which may be partners. The cards are dealt four at a time toeach player and then four cards to the table, the cards being dealt faceup. The remainder of the pack is placed face downward on the table, andafter the first round has been dealt, four more cards are dealt to eachplayer, omitting the deal to the table.

To score points by taking in certain cards and card combinations, thecounting value is as follows: Cards, greatest number of cards takencounts 4:; greatest number of cards of a specific color taken counts l;high spot (#5 Senator) counts 2; low spot (#1 Senator) counts 1; andeach Cabinet card counts l.

In playing the game, each player beginJ ning on the left of the dealermay make the following plays: if the player holds a card in his hand ofthe same denomination as one on the table, the player may play such cardand take up the two or more, as the case may be, if the cards are of thesame denomination. He mayalso take in Yany other cards, the sum of whichequals the denomination of the one played; thus a five will take in afive on the table, also four and one, or three and two. A combinationmay be built of two or more cards by adding a card from the player handto one 0r more cards on the board, if the sum of such cards equalsanother card the player holds in his hand. A player may take from thestack being built on the next turn of the player, provided no otherplayer has taken the top card with another card of the samedenomination, or has built the stack higher. Thus, if a 3 is on theboard of any color, and the player holds a 5 and 2 of any color, theplayer may build 2 on the 3 and take it on the players next turn with a5, provided no other player has taken it in with another 5.

After the pack is exhausted, the player taking the last combination,takes all the cards remaining on the board.

T wenty-seven points wins'the game. If

,the players each have twenty-seven points at the finish, one more ldealis taken and the points counted. This game I have named Yurit Anothersimilar game to the foregoing which I designate as Construction may beplayed with sixty cards, in which the cards are dealt asin Yurit, thecards having a value as follows: the greatest number of cards takencounts 5 points; if a full set is taken it counts points, and for eachhand taken, 1 point. y

A full set in this game consists of President, -VicePresident, Speaker,one Cabinet, Senator or Representative in numerical order, regardless ofcolor. A hand in this game consists of two or more cards, regardless ofcolor.

In playing the game, each player begins by building from a low number toa high one, or from a high one to a low one; thus, if the player startsto build up from one to the President, or down from the President toone, and no other player takes it in, the player has a 'full set.

It' a player begins by building from one up or from President down, andany of the other players or the player takes the cards in at the nextplay, it is a hand. If any of the other players do not build on anotherplayers build, or take it in at his first turn, the player cannot takeit or build on-it the next time.

I claim:

1. A pack of cards comprising four suitsy and a single card, the cardsof each suit bearing the designations President, Vice- President,Speaker, two cards in each suit marked Cabinet, live cards markedSenator and five marked Representative, the cards bearing thedesignations Senator and Representative having designating characters atthe corners and numbers from l to 5 inclusive, making up a deck of sixtycards with lifteen in each suit.

2. A deck of sixty cards madeup of four suits, each suit comprisingthree major cards, two intermediate cards and two minor sets of liveeach, said minor sets being` numbered from l to 5 inclusive, the cardsof each suit bearing names of official positions in the executive branchof the United States Government, for use with an additional card markedwith a non-oiiicial designation.

' CHARLES w. FRAIM.

